Laurie Hernandez

… to branded content series, here is some of the gold-medal winning content they produced for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Publisher: People What: Photo gallery of the “Human Emoji” While Simone Biles was the leading star of the American women’s gymnastics team, her teammate, 16-year-old Laurie Hernandez, garnered her own media attention for her…

With the opening ceremony already behind us, the Sochi Olympics have officially begun. Although the competition is starting, the ongoing and ever-growing list of #SochiProblems continues to dominate the headlines...

…: Swimming Gymnastics Track Soccer Beach volleyball Finally, Facebook pointed out that a Facebook Live broadcast by Phelps (embedded below), during which he confirmed his retirement, was the most-viewed Facebook Live post by an athlete during the games, and at the time of this post, it was nearing 4 million views. As for Instagram, the top five…

… Aly Raisman had the most interactions on Instagram among U.S. Olympic athletes during the first week of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, while Michael Phelps gained the most followers and Lilly King saw the largest percentage increase in followers. Instagram provided SocialTimes with the following data from the day of the Opening Ceremony, Aug…